The U.S. Postal Service filed its July 2009 (unaudited) preliminary financial report yesterday with the Postal Regulatory Commission. USPS reported a net income loss of $865 million (Junel 2009 was $1.3 billion). The year-to-date deficit currently stands at approximately $5.6 billion. Mail volume was down across all classes with an overall total decrease of 13.7%. […]
TO HELP EMPLOYEES MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS DPMG OUTLINES EARLY OUT INCENTIVE OPTION In this week’s Field Updates, DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe outlines the 2009 Early Out Incentive Option and discusses the issues employees should consider before accepting the offer. The incentive — extended to employees represented by either the American Postal Workers Union or […]
GREG BELL, APWU DIRECTOR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Visits by Postal Inspectors Or OIG Agents- which are usually unannounced – often catch employees by surprise, and sometimes cause them to panic. Our stewards, officers and arbitration advocates are doing an excellent job of defending union members, but this article should remind employees of their rights. After all, […]
Updated list provided to the union this week includes Level 22 and below post offices Initially the USPS review was limited to Post Offices at or above EAS Level 24.. The Postal Service states that the Initiative already began in May with the examination of the portion of the retail network consisting of stations and […]
The NAPS resident officers met on Friday, August 28, 2009 with Douglas A. Tulino, USPS Vice President, Labor Relations at 11:00 a.m. to discuss the final day of the restructuring prior to the implementation of the RIF on the remaining impacted EAS employees. Due to the diligence of the members of the NAPS executive board, […]
Karla Malloy entered employment with the USPS on October 18, 1980. At the time of the events at issue she was in the position of data collection technician at the Seattle Bulk Mail Center. In November 2005 Ms. June D. Hamilton became Ms. Malloy’s immediate supervisor. Because Ms. Malloy and Ms. Hamilton usually worked on […]
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Letter Carriers union today mourned the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-MA, who had championed many causes critical to letter carriers and all working men and women throughout his career. The 300,000 members of our union, and indeed all postal employees, have lost a dedicated champion of workers’ […]
From PostalReporter Reader: My name is Fredric ****. I was a data collection technician in Houston, Texas. I took the early out and retired on July 31, 2009. We were sent a memo(which I still possess) that the post office would not be offering early outs in the near future. The memo stated that they […]
NAPUS Letter sent to Postmaster General Jack Potter August 25, 2009 Honorable John E. Potter Postmaster General, Chief Executive Officer United States Postal Service 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Room 10022 Washington, DC 20260-0010 Re: Your Letter of August 25, 2009 Dear Jack: Earlier today, I was advised that the U.S. Postal Service will extend to […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) The Postal Service has negotiated agreements with the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union to offer cash incentives of up to $15,000 to employees in the APWU and NPMHU’s crafts to accept a Voluntary Early Retirement offer between now and November 30, […]